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United States Patent Ol 3,345,183 CERAMIC DIELEC'IRICS Kurxio Houma, Honjyo-shi, Akita-ken, Japan, assignor to TDK Electronics Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Filed May l2, 1964, Ser. No. 366,857 Claims priority, application Japan, May 18, 1963,

` 38/26,019 1 Claim. (Cl. 10G-39) Aasraacr on Tira DrscLosURn Ceramic dielectrics are provided which possess a high value of dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss. The dielectrics consist essentially of (a) BaTiO3 in an amount of about 65 to 97.5 molar percent,

(b) BeTiO3 in an amount of about 1 to 34 molar percent,

and

(c) Bi2(SnO3)3 in an amount of about 1 to 20 molar percent.

The dielectrics are prepared by admixing BaTiO3, BeTiO3, Bi203, SnO2, and mineralizer lsuch as Lazos, molding the admixture to the desired shape and sintering to form the ceramic dielectric.

.This invention relates to ceramic dielectrics which possess high values of dielectric constant, low dielectric loss and excellent temperature characteristics.

The object of the present invention is to provide ceramic dielectric bodies, especially for condenser use, having-surpassing characteristics, such as high values of dielectric 'i constant, very low dielectric ture characteristics.

In general, dielectric bodies for condenser use must satisfy such conditions as tirst, that the dielectric bodies have high values of dielectric constant and low values of dielectric loss, second, that the said bodies are stable to variation of temperature and third, that the said bodies have high withstanding voltage `and high electrical insulating resistance.

Because of the fact that in the jacent 120 C. (refer to FIG. 8 of accompanying drawings), the dielectric constant of barium titanate ceramics rises sharply to a very high peak, these ceramics can not be used in many applications where good stability is required.

Many attempts have been made to improve such temperature characteristics of dielectric constants. For instances, the addition of barium zirconate and/or strontium titanate to barium titanate results in shifting the Curie point to relatively lower temperature, and the addition of calcium and/or magnesium titanate to bari-um titanate results in minimizing change in dielectric constant with reference to 25 C. Such improvements, however, are not enough to smooth the temperature coeicient curve of the dielectric constant, and moreover, as a result of the increases of the dielectric loss and the decreases of the dielectric constant, the practical application of such dielectrics is highly limited.

The characteristic feature of invention is to provide the ceramic dielectric material, which 'comprise barium titanate (BaTiO), beryllium titanate (BeTiO3) and bismuth stannate (Bi2(SnO3)3), having excellent temperature characteristic and low dielectric loss and so, of course, high dielectric constant.

According to this invention, to obtain ceramic dielectrics, having excellent electrical properties, it is required loss and excellent tempera- Curie point region, ad-

3,345,188 Patented Oct. 3, 1967 Molar percentage 65-97.5

BaTO3 BeTOg l-34 B12(SI103)3 The reasons for the foregoing limitations are as follows: When the proportion of barium titanate (BaTiO3) is below 65 molar percent, the dielectric constant (e) becomes smaller than 350 and the change in dielectric constant is more than m10 percent and when the proportion of barium titanate (BaTiO3) exceeds 97.5 molar percent, the change in dielectric constant (e) also is more than i10%. And when the proportion of beryllium titanate (BeTiO3) is below 1 molar percent, the eiect of improvement on temperature characteristic of the dielectric constant (e) by addition of beryllium oxide (BeO) is not apparent and when the proportion of beryllium oxide (BeO) exceeds 34 molar percent, the results are small dielectric constant (e) and difliculties in vitrication because of the limitation of nal sintering temperature ranging within l120i5 C. v

Furthermore, when the proportion of bismuth stannate (Bi2(SnO3)3) is below 1 molar percent, the temperature characteristic of the dielectric constant (e) is so poor as to become more than il0%, and the dielectric loss tan becomes larger. When the proportion of the said bismuth stannate (Bi2(SnO3)3) exceeds 2O molar percent, the dielectric constant (e) is so small as to have a value of 350 and so the usefulness is impaired.

In accompanying drawings FIG. 1 is a triangular graph showing the relation between the composition and the dielectric constant of the dielectric body of this invention.

FIG. 2 isY a triangular graph showing the relation between the composition and the dielectric loss of the said ceramic body of the invention.

FIGS. 3 to 7 represent change in dielectric constant with reference to 25 C. These figures correspond to the specimens, No. 3, 7, 11, 12 and 14, in the examples of this disclosure respectively.

FIG. 8 shows the relation between temperature and dielectric constant of the barium titanate ceramic materials which have ybeen used.

Example Into raw material of barium titan-ate, which is prepared by mixing of equimolar amounts of barium carbonate (BaCo3) and titanium (IV) oxide (TiO2) and firing at the temperature of 1280 C., at which the structure of barium titanate is not yet perfectly completed, with raw material of beryllium titanate (BeTiOg), which is prepared by mixing of equimolar amounts of beryllium (Il) oxide (BeO) and titanium (IV) oxide (TiO2) and ring at the temperature of 1150" C., at which perfect beryllium titanate structure is not completed, bismuth (III) oxide and tin (IV) oxide (SnO2) are added. Then a minor quantity of suitable mineralizer, such as lanthanum (III) oxide (Lagos) is added into above mixture. This mixture is molded and sintered to ceramic body form.

The relations between the composition and the dielectric constant, (e), and the dielectric loss, tan (percent), are given by triangular graphs in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The characteristics of the dielectric bodies of this invention are summarized in the following table. In this table, the electrical insulation resistance, LR., is represented by the period (seo), that is required for the specimen to reach M S2 under 500 v. The measurements have been all carried out at a frequency of l kc.

TABLE Composition molar percent e tan IR at room temperature Change in diseecii): constant e (-30+ Miner- Final alizer sintering Specimen No. LazOa, Maximum in Maximum in tempera- Weight Tan positive negative ture, G. BaTiO; BeTiOa Biz(SnO3); Percent e (percent) IR Percent C. Percent C.

94.0 5. 0 1.0 0, 2 2,172 3. 07 9. 7-12. 0v 9. 7 85 9.5 30 1, 220 93. 7 4. 9 1. 4 0.2 2, 123 2. 62 9, 7-14. 5 7.0 85 6. 6 30 1,220 93.4 4.9 1. 7 0.2 2,116 1.88 7. 5 10. 4 2. 6 0 4.3 75 1,240 88. 5 9.8 1.7 0.2 2,090 1.82 7.5-8.0 4.4 2 4.2 60 1,240 88. 3 9. 8 1. 9 0. 2 1, 800 2.00 6.9-8.8 6; 7 30 1. 5 55 1, 220 87. 7 9. 7 2. 6 0.2 1, 225 1. 55 4. 3-5. 6 8.1 30 5.7 85 1,220 78. 4 19. 6 2.0 0.2 892 2.18 2. 0 3. 0 4.0 10 2. 8 60 1, 240 69. 0 29. 5 1.5 0. 2 983 2.08 4.5-5.5 6.1 20 9. 5 85 1, 260 91.0 4.8 4. 2 0.2 1,100 1.1 2.8-3. 1 5.1 30 7.6 85 1,140 86.1 9.6 4. 3 0. 2 985 1.1 2.5-2.8 5. 3 30 7. 3 85 l, 140 67. 5 28. 9 3. 6 0.2 408 0. 95 2. 2 2. 5 3. 8 30 6. 0 85 1,130 85. 9 4. 5 9. G 0. 2 886 1. 2 2.2-2.5 l. 7 13 5. 7 85 1,130 81.1 9.0 9. 9 0.2 750 1.1 2. 4 2. 9 2. 8 20 5.7 85 1,130 73.0 18, 2 8. 8 0.2 385 0. 8 2.0-2.4 4. 2 30 7. 2 85 1,150 81.6 4. 3 14.1 0.2 597 0.9 2.2-2.6 4. 3 30 7.6 85 1,140 76. 9 8. 5 14.6 0.2 705 1. 5 2. 6-2. 8 1.1 10 4. 5 85 1,120 76. 2 4.0 19. 8 0.2 440 0.9 2.2-2.2 3. 7 30 8.1 85 1, 160

As discl-osed clearly in the above table and FIGS. 1 25 (a) BaTiO3 in an amount of about 65 to 97.5 molar and 2, the ceramic dielectric bodies in according with this percent, invention have high values of dielectric constant and low (o) BeTlOs 1n an amount of about 1 to 34 molar Por' values `of dielectric loss. Moreover, as the favorable tem- Cent (c) Bi2(SnO3)3 in an amount of about 1 to 20 molar 30 percent, and

(d) La203 in an amount of .about 0.2 molar percent.

perature characteristics make the bodies very stable to temperature change, it becomes possible to provide small sized ceramic `condensers having extremely low `strain mltlciaclzllcoe'r from th ol l t' t fth b References Cited a ec umnreamg o e o ea ove table and FIGS. 3 to 7 that the stability of the dielectric 35 UNITED STATES PATENTS constant to temperature is very excellent. 2,658,833 11/1953 Coffee et al' 10G-39 FIGS. 3 to 7 are graphs showing relation between tem- 2,908,579 10/1959 Nelson et al' 10639 perature and change in dielectric constant (e) with ref- FOREIGN PATENTS erence lL10 25b1 C., for the Speclmens Nos. 3, 7, 11, 12 and 40 532,780 11/1956 Canada.

14AM eta el 574,577 1/194(` Great Britain.

What is claimed is: A ceramic dielectric consisting essentially of HELEN M. McCARTHY, Prmaly Examiner, 

